President Obama, first lady in Houston for fundraiser

April 9, 2014: The streets in River Oaks were packed with police, interested neighbors, protestors and special guests as the president attended a fundraising event at a private home Wednesday. Irika Sargent reports.

I'M BILL BALLEZA. I'M DOMINIQUE SACHSE. AFTER ATTENDING A HIGH DOLLAR DONOR DINNER IN RIVER OAKS, PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL SPEND THE NIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON. "LOCAL 2"'S IRIKA SARGENT IS JOINING US LIVE FROM RIVER OAKS TONIGHT WITH INSIDE DETAILS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT. Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SPENT SEVERAL HOURS AT THIS HOME IN FRONT OF SEVERAL GUESTS, ABOUT 60 OF THEM. HE'S NOW DOWNTOWN AT THE CROWN PLAZA HOTEL. HIS PRESENCE HERE IN THE AREA IMPACTING MANY HOUSTONIANS. THEIR TRAVEL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE STREETS AROUND RIVER OAKS WERE PACKED WITH POLICE, INTERESTED NEIGHBORS, PROTESTERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FIRST LADY IN HOUSTON FOR A HIGH DOLLAR DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING EVENT. REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA JACKSON LEE WAS AMONG SEVERAL OTHER LEADERS WHO FLEW WITH THE OBAMAS FROM FORT HOOD TO HOUSTON AND THEN ATTENDED THE EVENING FUND-RAISER. IT MAKES YOU FEEL EXTREMELY PATRIOTIC TO TRAVEL WITH THE PRESIDENT. HE SPOKE ABOUT EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, FIXING AMERICA IN TERMS OF BUILDING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK THE EVENING WAS ONE OF HOPE BE. Reporter: THE VISIT WAS MET WITH MIXED REVIEWS. NICE TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT IN AND HOPEFULLY HE HAS A GOOD VISIT TO HOUSTON. Reporter: SOME PROTESTERS CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT TO STOP DEPORTATIONS AND THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME ATTENTION. WE'D LIKE TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE COMMUNITY. Reporter: WITH THEM STAYING IN HOUSTON OVERNIGHT, HIS TRAVEL IS STILL IMPACTING ROADWAYS FOR MANY HOUSTONIANS, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. I WAS JUST COMING FOR AN INTERVIEW AND HAD TO DETOUR AROUND, BACK OF DOWNTOWN LOUISIANA. HAD TO FIGURE MY WAY OUT. PART OF I-45 IS SHUT DOWN AND SMITH AT CLAY. AND I-45 EXIT ACCESS TO JEFFERSON STREETS WITH PEASE AND BRAZOS. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY WILL LEAVE TOMORROW MORNING ON AIR FORCE ONE. WE'RE TOLD THE MORNING COMMUTE FOR MANY HOUSTONIANS WILL BE AFFECTED.

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